2 h. ago 'I know the painful reason Jeff Brazier's family imploded and how he can save them'

As Jeff Brazier enters a new 'transitional time' in his life after reportedly breaking up with his wife, we speak to experts on how a sad feud at the heart of the family ultimately reached a breaking point

Politics

11 h. ago Higher business taxes to cost pub sector £150m and threaten jobs – analysis

Firms will end up paying more despite business rates being lowered in the Budget, industry bosses are warning.

Economics

21 h. ago Save our family firms: Reeves warned inheritance tax raid has 'demoralised' business owners and hammered investment

In the Budget this week, the Chancellor stuck to her plan to hit family businesses and farms worth more than £1million with death duties of 20 per cent from April next year.

Economics

35 h. ago Small businesses say 'We're on the rack': Reeves claimed to help pubs, but many face huge rate rises as Amazon and supermarkets benefit

The Chancellor had promised to pay for a reduction in business rates for smaller firms by hiking taxes on larger properties to 'level the playing field between the high street and online giants'.

Economics

45 h. ago Soup firm Campbell’s dismisses executive over alleged ‘poor people’ comments

Senior figure allegedly referred to customers buying ‘highly processed food’ and denigrated Indian employeesBusiness live – latest updatesCampbell’s has dismissed an executive who allegedly referred to the soup company’s products as being made for “poor people” and denigrated its Indian employees.Martin Bally, who was the vice-president of Campbell’s information technology department, was recorded making the alleged comments by another employee. Continue reading...

Politics

49 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 27 November: Gambling stocks in focus after Budget hit, index steady

Gambling firms have warned they face a major hit to earnings as businesses digest the impact of Rachel Reeves’s second Budget.

Events

51 h. ago Save our family firms: Businesses bemoan 'minor tweak' to inheritance tax that 'doesn't go far enough'

Businesses have bemoaned a 'minor tweak' to inheritance tax relief - doubling married couples' allowance to £2m - saying the change 'doesn't go nearly far enough'.

Economics

51 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 27 November: Gambling firms' Budget hit, £3bn boost for Canary Wharf

Gambling firms have warned they face a major hit to earnings as businesses digest the impact of Rachel Reeves’s second Budget.

Economics

61 h. ago Save our family firms: Businesses bemoan 'minor tweak' that doubles IHT allowance to £2m for married couples but 'doesn't go far enough'

Businesses have bemoaned a 'minor tweak' to inheritance tax relief - doubling married couples' allowance to £2m - saying the change 'doesn't go nearly far enough'.

Economics

61 h. ago Reeves blasted over business rates blunder: Small firms face BIGGER bills after reforms

The Chancellor (pictured) had promised to pay for a reduction in bills for smaller firms by hiking taxes on larger properties to 'level the playing field'.

Economics

67 h. ago 'There's no reason to start a business in Britain': Budget delivers another hammer blow for small firms

The Chancellor said she wanted to grow the economy, but founders say the Budget is unlikely to encourage entrepreneurship.

Economics

4 d. ago Harrowing image of teacher hooked up to wires and fighting for life in hospital after she was paralysed by jealous boyfriend who broke her neck as she tried to leave him

The harrowing image, released by her family, was taken as doctors battled to save her life.

Politics

4 d. ago Save our family firms: Rachel Reeves blasted over 'shocking' inheritance tax raid on business that will do 'profound damage' to economy

Farmers and family business owners have joined forces in a last-ditch bid to overturn an inheritance tax raid that threatens to destroy livelihoods.

Economics

4 d. ago Dear Green Coffee: Glasgow firm’s new roastery gives more Scots taste of speciality bean culture

“It finally gives us the space to further invest in our coffee programme” – Lisa Lawson, founder

Politics

5 d. ago Rules on firm ownership leave Scotland ‘out of step’, prominent lawyers argue

The Law Society of Scotland, which regulates the profession, has been accused of delaying the changes through inertia

Politics

5 d. ago Government must make ‘hard choices and change course’, CBI boss to say

Rain Newton-Smith will tell ministers and business leaders that firms are worried the UK could ‘risk getting locked in a stop-start economy’.

Politics

5 d. ago Architect George Clarke calls for boycott of firms criticised by Grenfell inquiry

TV personality wants homeowners and businesses to shun ‘dishonest’ firms Arconic, Kingspan and CelotexGrenfell United and the TV architect George Clarke are calling on businesses and homeowners to take a “moral decision” and boycott the companies criticised in the Grenfell inquiry for “systematic dishonesty”.Clarke, best known for his series George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces, said he had made the decision not to use products from Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex, three companies that were heavily criticised in the findings of the Grenfell inquiry published last year and who have continued to deny wrongdoing. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Why it’s time more firms embraced fractional and interim appointments

Small businesses with plans to grow can get access to highly skilled individuals they might otherwise be unable to afford, writes Derek Lauder

Politics

9 d. ago I I refused to sell my home or force my husband to get a low

Take pause, if you go to the cinema this weekend to see the new film The Running Man. The basic plot of this dystopian thriller is that the contestants must compete to stay alive.

Politics

9 d. ago I refused to sell my home or force my husband to get a low skill job to save us from tax

Take pause, if you go to the cinema this weekend to see the new film The Running Man. The basic plot of this dystopian thriller is that the contestants must compete to stay alive.

Events